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29. they are not smart

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 03:18 PM

Jan 2020

they are cunning, vile, evil and they steal from us. That's how they became rich.

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When Republicans say "Elitist" they really mean "Smart". [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2020 OP

When Republicans say "smart", they really mean "rich". DetlefK Jan 2020 #1

I agree with you but... OldBaldy1701E Jan 2020 #7

That's a meme that began in the Middle-Ages. DetlefK Jan 2020 #8

Great idea for a screenplay TheRickles Jan 2020 #10

It would probably never sell OldBaldy1701E Jan 2020 #15

Calvinism...basically the rich are rich precisely because God favors them. Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #23

they have a poor interpretation bdamomma Jan 2020 #30

Santorum... rickyhall Jan 2020 #14

Frothy. Iggo Jan 2020 #17

Dan Quayle started that nonsense of Democrats being elites. no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #3

Conservatives worked that line long before Quayle JHB Jan 2020 #5

Do you mean Adlai Stevenson or FDR? no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #24

It doesn't even have to mean smart, gab13by13 Jan 2020 #4

Not to GOPers! BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #12

That's a very good definition of smart. Iggo Jan 2020 #18

Smart, or at least "educated". whathehell Jan 2020 #6

Yep. ehrnst Jan 2020 #9

The point is good, but Obama's mother was hardly working class Shanti Mama Jan 2020 #11

Do you know anything about the salaries BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #13

I get it. Lived in Asia for 20 years Shanti Mama Jan 2020 #25

If you are referring to those in the cushier HQ jobs, perhaps. BlueMTexpat Jan 2020 #28

Duh. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2020 #16

Agree and Let's ask Trump what he thinks. bronxiteforever Jan 2020 #19

The GOP is full of idiots Gothmog Jan 2020 #22

Exactly! ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #26

...and 'elitist' wear deodorant.. samnsara Jan 2020 #27

they are not smart bdamomma Jan 2020 #29